Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Slow Days, Fast Company. The World, the Flesh, and L.A. by Eve Babitz

7 reviews

clare072's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Death, Infidelity, and Suicide

booksofautumn's review

emotional funny reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Body shaming, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Self harm, and Suicide

alainareading's review

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Sexual content

zo__ish's review

funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced

3.0

Eve Babitz frequently calls herself a bitch. I love that she recognizes this, her meanness, and her tendency for snobbery. While I love to love her, I hate to hate her. She is a cool girl and I want to be that. Its hard to continue reading this sort of voice and try to sympathize with their (“fiction” wink wink) life and essays. Don’t get me wrong though! Maybe I didn’t get it. There are some fantastic golden nuggets of poetry and reflection on life and love, and I did underline and note the shit out of those! She did make me vaguely want to take Quaaludes and drink champagne with every meal!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Drug abuse

riona_y's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Suicide, Drug abuse, and Addiction

lghrndn's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

I was captivated by the stories at the beginning of this collection, but began to lose steam with the longer (and more depressing) vignettes at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Fatphobia, Drug use, and Sexism

octaviomart's review

adventurous funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, and Drug abuse